[CLUE-Talk] Sure its 'Not About Oil' was: Why Iraq? Why now?

[Jed S. Baer]

On Sun, 2 Feb 2003 21:03:03 -0700
Jeffery Cann <fabian at jefferycann.com> wrote:

> On Saturday 01 February 2003 12:43 am, Matt Gushee wrote:
> >
> > If these projections are indeed well-known and believed in the oil
> > industry, then we can reasonably guess that they are very much on Dick
> > Cheney's mind. So here's a hypothesis:
> >
> >   Cheney and his war faction believe they are doing us all a favor by
> >   going out and grabbing a share of the remaining oil before the shit
> >   hits the fan.
> 
> Wow!  Matt you are indeed perceptive and it would seem that you share an
> opinion / hypothesis as others.  In this week's Business Week (10
> February 2003), the 'It's Not "All About Oil", but has some interesting
> facts regarding Iraqi oil reserves
> 
> This story is available on-line, but only if you're a BW subscriber. 
> Posting full-text by subscribers is specifically excluded from the
> reader agreement (thanks, DMCA!)  I have included a few quotes from the
> article:
> 
> http://www.businessweek.com/print/premium/content/03_06/b3819055.htm?m
> 
> My opinion:  It's about oil.  Anyone who believes it's not all about oil
> is naive.

I like Bill Whittle's article:

http://www.ejectejecteject.com/archives/000027.html

jed
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